BBC: North Korea has said an accident happened as it planned to send up its first space satellite, causing it to crash into the sea. Pyongyang announced earlier it planned to launch a satellite by 11 June to monitor US military activities. It now says it will attempt a se ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: The High Court yesterday said Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will have to pay Tk 12 crore as tax on the money he gifted to his three charitable trusts, reports The Daily Star. The bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar and Justice Sardar Md Rashed ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: A harness-wearing Beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has appeared off Sweden's coast, an organisation following him said yesterday. First discovered in Norway's far northern region of Finnmark ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028. Turkey's longest-serving leader brushed aside a powerful opposition coali ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: North Korea will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June for monitoring US military activities, state media KCNA reported yesterday. In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission ...বিস্তারিত
UNB: The United States has appreciated the "courage and dedication" of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers who promote peace around the world. "Today we honour the brave Bangladeshi and every UN peacekeepers who risk their lives to promote peace around the world. Their courage a ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Saying Bangladesh was moving towards one-party rule, with the voting rights of the people being snatched away, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul yesterday once again reiterated that the next election will be held under a caretaker government, reports TBS. Sp ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: With military courts, intimidation of the press and mass arrests, Pakistan's rulers are seeking to destroy former prime minister Imran Khan's support ahead of elections, analysts say. Khan's brief arrest earlier this month sparked days of street protests. Islamabad ha ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: One of Hong Kong's biggest democratic parties said on Saturday it would disband after a vote by its party members, dealing another blow to the city's already beleaguered democratic opposition under pressure from China. In recent years, Hong Kong's opposition has be ...বিস্তারিত
BSS: Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said competent women leaders can perform a crucial role in further amplifying the strength of the Awami League (AL). "The government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is tirelessly working for ...বিস্তারিত
